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		<title>Fracking Racking up Lawsuits (#Fracking #NIMBY)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 21:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marcellus Shale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ozark National Forest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time we leave the Marcellus Shale region and set our sights a bit southwest, to Clinton—er, former Clinton—territory: Little Rock, AR. Seems folks there aren&#8217;t convinced that fracking&#8217;s the way to go to drill for natural gas—at least not in their backyard. Also seems like fracking&#8217;s become the NIMBY hot-button issue of the day, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Fracking? Catchy Video Explains the Fracking Fuss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 15:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Fracking Song]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven't seen the My Water's on Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song) video, here's a chance to check it out. It's quick, but it delivers its message—and there's something about the bobbing oil towers and retro "What the Frack is Going on..." sound that's making me have some sort of Soul Train flashback moment.

Credit must be given to ProPublica and the students at NYU Studio 20 who set out to create a video to explain what hydraulic fracking is all about—or at least what the primary concern of anti-fracking groups is. You can also read more about hydraulic fracturing (nickname: fracking) on the following pages here at LawyersandSettlements.com...
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		<title>Incandescent vs. Fluorescent: Just Where is all that Mercury Going?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/incandescent-vs-fluorescent-just-where-is-all-that-mercury-going-07247.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fluorescent bulbs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green house gasses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, we all know that those fluorescent bulbs are more efficient than incandescent bulbs. They last longer, and reduce greenhouse gasses. And everyone is on the bandwagon. Canada starts phasing out incandescent bulbs starting next year. In the US, it’s 2014. Australia led the way in 2007, and the European Union came soon after.  Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Fracking Upcoming Events and Public Meetings</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/pennsylvania-fracking-upcoming-events-and-public-meetings-07198.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just passing along three upcoming events regarding hydraulic fracking in the Marcellus Shale region that I came across over at the Marcellus Shale Protest website. So if you&#8217;re in Pennsylvania, or can be, you may want to attend. We do try to keep it balanced here, but given the recent lawsuit and the growing groundswell around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Shaky Ground? Fracking Lawsuits, Earthquakes and Bad Water (oh my)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe oil (ok, natural gas) and water (and the earth) don't mix after all...

So there's a post over at the Forbes blog today by Dr. Michael Economides defending hydraulic fracking. There's also a post over at The Motley Fool that shares hydraulic fracturing's new "problem": earthquakes. (Actually it isn't "new"—the notion of fracking contributing to earthquakes has been just below the mainstream media's lens for a while now).]]></description>
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		<title>Does your Town Need a Disclaimer as a Defense?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/does-your-town-need-a-disclaimer-as-a-defense-06438.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs/Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heart Arrhythmias]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine, driving down a highway enroute to a major city and encountering the &#8216;Welcome&#8217; sign that often heralds a municipality&#8217;s singular asset, or slogan. &#8220;Welcome to Anytown: the Friendly City,&#8221; or for that matter &#8216;You Are Entering the Sunshine State…&#8221;  Well how about this…  &#8220;Welcome to Anytown. Our Smog Can Kill You. Wear a Mask. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fracking and Flammable Tap Water? NY Says Hell No&#8230;for now</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/fracking-and-flammable-tap-water-ny-says-hell-no-for-now-06082.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/fracking-and-flammable-tap-water-ny-says-hell-no-for-now-06082.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LucyC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Governor David Paterson no doubt made New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg a very happy man recently, when he signed an executive order halting the controversial natural gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing—or fracking—in the state until July 1, 2011]]></description>
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		<title>Do the Residents of San Bruno need Erin Brockovich?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/do-the-residents-of-san-bruno-need-erin-brockovich-05009.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/do-the-residents-of-san-bruno-need-erin-brockovich-05009.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LucyC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erin Brockovich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all read with horror the accounts of the massive San Bruno explosion on September 9th that rocked an entire California suburb, killed four people (at last count), vaporized 38 homes, damaged a further 120 and pretty much laid waste to the surrounding 15 acres of land. Residents were ordered to evacuate, many lucky to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP Spill, San Bruno Fire, Fracking&#8230;Time to Stop Blind Faith in Gas</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/bp-spill-san-bruno-fire-fracking-time-to-stop-blind-faith-in-gas-04957.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/bp-spill-san-bruno-fire-fracking-time-to-stop-blind-faith-in-gas-04957.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I read the accounts of those living in the area affected by the San Bruno gas fire, one phrase keeps coming back to me: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know&#8230;&#8221; While the specifics of each &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know&#8221; or &#8220;had I known&#8221; vary, they all stem from one thing—we—homeowners and residential gas consumers—don&#8217;t really know what the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Startling Study: 91% Canadians have BPA in their Urine</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/startling-study-91-canadians-have-bpa-in-their-urine-04746.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/startling-study-91-canadians-have-bpa-in-their-urine-04746.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs/Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be the title and a line from a romantic Peter Frampton song, but in this context it is anything but endearing.  I&#8217;m In You…  In this case, you&#8217;d rather the suitor not—especially Canadians who learned on Monday that according to a national survey through the analysis of thousands of representative samples, 91 percent [...]]]></description>
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